Leamington's Bank Theatre receives $100,000 for renovations

The Bank Theatre in Leamington has received a donation of $100,000 from the Honey Family Foundation at the WindsorEssex Community Foundation.

The theatre, at 10 Erie St. S., has been used for live theatre since 2013 and is undergoing extensive renovations to create a state-of-the-art facility.

The municipality of Leamington is matching the money raised up to $400,000 in a program that runs into April.

The Honey Family Foundation previously donated $75,000 towards naming the Green Room at the Theatre. Michael Honey of the Honey Family Foundation said the latest donation of $100,000 is a challenge to other donors: “We are half way there. Let’s get the job done!”

Since November, the Sun Parlour Players Community group has raised more than $95,000.

“With the donation from The Honey Family Foundation, this represents nearly 50 per cent of the $400,000 community matching program that council supported in the fall of 2017,” Mayor John Patterson said in a news release Tuesday when he thanked the foundation and the community for supporting the theatre.

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